Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday won a clear majority in the presidential election.
Zardari, widower of slain former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, secured 479 votes from the total number of 702 votes of the electoral college consisting of two houses of the parliament and four provincial assemblies.
Born at Nawabshah in southern Sindh province on July 26, 1955, Zardari is the director of M/s Zardari Group (Pvt.) Ltd. and an agriculturist.
Zardari was elected as a member of national assembly, lower house of the parliament for two times. He served as the Federal Minister of the Environment from 1993 to 1996, and Federal Minister of Investment from 1995 to 1996. He was a senator from 1997 to 1999.
As the husband of Benazir Bhutto, Zardari worked with his wife for 20 years. He spent 11 and a half years in prison.
After the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in December last year, Zardari was elected by the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of the PPP and asked to become Chairman of the Party. He nominated his son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari for that role and instead accepted the job of Co-Chairman of the PPP.
Source: Xinhua
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